La Win, 61, a farmer from the Ayeyarwady Region, spent four years clearing 35 acres of land in 1991. He said that in 2004 a company took the land from him. He received no compensation for the land, which was just one parcel in a broader swath of land confiscated by the company in the region. He has filed countless claims with the government in attempts to get his land back to no avail.